Tech Tabbed Preseason No. 15 by Coaches

ATLANTA – Georgia Tech will open the season at No. 15 in the preseason USA Today/coaches’ poll, released Friday.

The rank is the highest in the preseason coaches’ poll for the Yellow Jackets in eight years. Tech received a No. 13 ranking prior to the start of the 2001 campaign.

Head coach Paul Johnson’s squad, which began preseason camp Monday, is coming off a 9-4 season in 2008 and a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division title. The Jackets ended the year ranked No. 22 in the final 2008 coaches’ poll.